Image
Description
Maker
Mori Ransai (Japanese, 1740?-1801)
Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831-1889), previous attribution
Suwaraya Mohei (Japanese), publisher
Owada Yasubei (Japanese), publisher
Inoue Shofu (Japanese), block carver
Inoue Seifu (Japanese), block carver
Title
Complete illustration of a magpie in a tree
from the illustrated book Ransai gafu (Picture book by Ransai)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
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Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Dimensions
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Sheet: 22.2 x 31 cm (8 3/4 x 12 3/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription on both. [text and poems] inscribed right and inscribed left with titles as given; inscribed bottom:Kono tori Hakka ni hisureba so shin yasete nagaku o mo mata nagashi (This bird, compared to the hakka [may be same bird as34.468], has an entirely skinny and long body and also a long tail)
Signature: unsigned
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.465 Type
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Tombstone
Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831-1889), previous attribution
Suwaraya Mohei (Japanese), publisher
Owada Yasubei (Japanese), publisher
Inoue Shofu (Japanese), block carver
Inoue Seifu (Japanese), block carver
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